hard drive runs for no reason

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Paul

I have home xp on a compaq lap top. Regularly the hard
drive seems to run for @ 5 min. this happens if the
computer is idle or not. Restore is shut off. Is there
anything that I can shut off to prevent the hard drive
from running, why is it running?

thanks
Paul
 
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| I have home xp on a compaq lap top. Regularly the hard
| drive seems to run for @ 5 min. this happens if the
| computer is idle or not. Restore is shut off. Is there
| anything that I can shut off to prevent the hard drive
| from running, why is it running?
|
| thanks
| Paul
 
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